Dear Dan,

your time of testing is over. for continued enjoyment of CoT please refrain from posting more than 2 threads per day on the exact same general topic.

it would also be a good idea if you were to refrain from personally insulting too many people in that genuinely mean yet boring way you have.

2 exceptions to this general rule are AG and LeftWingPharisee. they accused you of making specifically anti-jew posts and then were unable to back that up with actual evidence of such.
In retribution for this I think it only fair that they be forced to undergo a punishment that shall henceforth be known as 'trial by dan'.
please feel free to use attacks based on...but not limited to...racial slurs, sexist attacks, any personal flaws of theirs you may have detected and generalised nastiness.

I hope that you enjoy your time here.

oh, except insofar as nobody else actually seems to be moderating this forum anymore Im basically only speaking for myself.

You know, it's not the occasional insult that would drive me out of here. That comes with the territory when people disagree with each other.

It's not wanting to participate in a place where people play stupid little games like encouraging each other to act like assholes. It kind of offsets the good stuff to the point where the more reasonable people leave, as many already have, and left behind are the immature dickheads.

AMerrickanGirl
July 9th, 2007 8:03am

Come on, its only a joke?

Are you telling me you seriously get offended by comments on a forum made by a guy called Dan you've never met? Thats insane

what are you reading for?
July 9th, 2007 8:07am

(a) Dan doesn't need encouragement. I was merely trying to be vaguely amusing, I didn't believe for a second that dan would change his behavior one way or another based on my opinions.

(b) people have been leaving, and coming back, and leaving, and coming back for years and it doesn't hurt CoT. what _did_ hurt CoT was, well, lets not go there _again_, eh.

(c) I find it very hurtful that you would imply that I am an immature dickhead.

Well, Denman's also been emailing me. And they're not very nice emails.

Is that going too far, or should I put up with that as well?

AMerrickanGirl
July 9th, 2007 8:08am

Nah of course you shouldn't have to deal with that kind of email but thats nothing to do with CoT posts

what are you reading for?
July 9th, 2007 8:11am

Dan has been emailing you?

how did he get your email?

I mean, I dont want to beat up on the victim here but has it occured to you that maybe giving out your _real_ email (as opposed to a hotmail/gmail point of contact) on a web forum like CoT is just bloody stupid?

the approach to take with web forums is this:

use a gmail address as a point of contact. if someone starts spamming that address with emails of sufficient number or content to be disturbing, stop checking it and start using a different point of contact.

wash and repeat.

I am genuinely sorry AG, Dan is a prat whose posts are occasionally interesting but mostly pretty same and boring.

if I had known he was emailing unpleasantness to you I would not have made this post.

but I did not, because you did not tell me.

now that I _do_ know, its too late.

but.

and, Im only going to say this once more, STOP GIVING OUT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION ON THIS FUCKING FORUM YOU STUPID, STUPID PERSON.

Is having the email envelope link "giving out" my personal email? That's supposed to be anonymous.

AMerrickanGirl
July 9th, 2007 8:14am

Hey stop being mean, lets all be nice

what are you reading for?
July 9th, 2007 8:15am

ok, Im going to try to explain this to you without losing patience.

here is the thing: if you provide an email address in the place provided on the forum people can email you.

anyone. can. email. you.

the posts yovue made containing that email are here forever.

if you are ok with this, use your 'real' email address...and accept that anyone. can. email. you. forever.

if you would prefer to maintain some level of control over the people who can email you and dont like the idea of having to change your 'real' email address to do so...with all the hassle involved...then get yourself a hotmail or gmail address that you dont use for anything else and use that.

ive got one. its fullnamerequired@gmail.com.

I dont care who uses it. I dont care who knows it. I dont care if it receives spam. I dont care if clowns like Dan spend the rest of their life sending mean emails to it, because if it all becomes a drag I can just cut it the fuck loose.

>It's not wanting to participate in a place where people play stupid little games like encouraging each other to act like assholes. It kind of offsets the good stuff to the point where the more reasonable people leave, as many already have, and left behind are the immature dickheads.

By all means, leave! Don't participate! You've been loudly boycotting this place by posting on it over and over for weeks and weeks. Clearly, your strategy needs refinement.